Park51 Community Center, New Rendering by Soma Architects
Park51 and SOMA Architects released their first renderings of what will be Park 51, the controversial Muslim community center and prayer space in lower Manhattan. The drawings reveal a dramatic 13-story building with a facade of interconnected webbing and a bright white, day-lit interior. Park51 will be a $100 million mixed-use cultural and community center and is slated for LEED certification. The elaborate, yet undeniably futuristic feel of this structure injects just the right amount of personality into its Manhattan neighborhood.
An ice-white latticework effect scatters across the facade, with allusions to both traditional Islamic architecture and iconic symbols from other faiths, such as the Jewish Star of David. This intricate detail can also be noted from the interior renderings, as light rushes to enter the building during the day and floods out as night falls.
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October 18th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
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October 20th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
It would be much better if building grows horizontally instead of vertically. The beautiful facade can reflect the purity and beauty of Islam, but with that height it might be a little strange. For religious building the height must be lower than the other normal building.
July 25th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
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July 27th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
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November 10th, 2011 at 3:45 am
WOW – very usefull, especially for me THX